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Commandur Rangachari

Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari

Born: 14 April 1916, Mamandur, Madras
Died: 9 October 1993, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Major Teams: Madras, India.
Known As: Commandur Rangachari
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast


Test Debut: India v Australia at Adelaide, 4th Test, 1947/48
Last Test:
India v West Indies at Bombay, 2nd Test, 1948/49

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    4    6   3     8    8*   2.66   0   0    0   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               846   11   493    9  54.77  5-107   1   0  94.0  3.49

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1938/39 - 1953/54)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100s   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   62   93  31   480   60    7.74    0   42   0

                       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10
Bowling             5197  199  26.11  7-34   14   0

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Profile:

A strongly built police officer from Madras, Rangachari was a tireless fast medium bowler who thrived on hard work. He went to Australia in 1947-48 as a reserve fast bowler but forced his way into the Test side following some good performances in the first class matches including a hat-trick against Tasmania. In his first Test at Adelaide, he bowled well without luck initially, having even Don Bradman in trouble. He later picked up the wickets of Keith Miller, Neil Harvey, Ray Lindwall and Ian Johnson and was the most successful bowler with four for 141 off 41 eight ball overs. But in the next Test at Melbourne he was expensive finishing wicketless after conceding 97 runs. However, Rangachari came back strongly in his next Test, the first against West Indies at New Delhi the following season. He took the wickets of Allan Rae, Jeff Stollmeyer and George Headley in a fiery opening spell when the score was only 27. He returned to take two more wickets and finished the innings with five for 107 off 29.4 overs. However in the next Test at Bombay, he finished wicketless after conceding 148 runs from 34 overs and lost his place. He played in unofficial `Tests' against the Australian Services team in 1945 and the first Commonwealth team in 1949-50.

In the Ranji Trophy, Rangachari was the spearhead of the Madras attack for many years and when he retired in 1954 he had taken 104 wickets (20.79) in the national competition. In a first class career that stretched from the late thirties to the mid fifties, Rangachari took 200 wickets (25.98).(Partab Ramchand)


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